Hardware Lead

You will be responsible for leading the technical delivery of automotive electronics hardware for global vehicle OEMs, including Instrument clusters, Infotainment, Telematics, Information displays, ADAS Hardware, and Cockpit electronics controllers. Your role will require very good automotive domain experience. Your primary responsibilities will include managing the execution of hardware development activities to ensure timely product delivery with the required quality. You will need to ensure that project teams follow defined processes, methods, and tools across different OEMs. Additionally, you will be responsible for ensuring the availability of project resources (staffing & tools) and budget to meet deliverables and timing. Collaboration with the engineering team is essential to resolve inter-competency issues in line with program timelines and quality standards. You will drive continuous cross-functional skill upgrades among hardware engineers and identify opportunities for improvement during project executions. Monitoring program timing, cost, and quality attributes will be necessary to take the required actions for successful hardware delivery. As the first line escalation point for hardware project risks/issues, you will manage and address escalated risks that affect hardware development project timing, cost, and quality. Stakeholder involvement is crucial for the successful delivery of hardware projects. You will lead the deployment of actions to prevent hardware quality issues across programs and support the Hardware Architect in implementing hardware architecture road maps in products. Desired competencies for this role include deep knowledge of embedded electronics product architectures and systems, understanding of requirements" impact on product cost and quality, familiarity with EMC requirements, DFM, DFT, DFMEA, and Built-in-quality principles. You should be capable of guiding the team to deliver successful product development with optimized resource utilization and possess skills in Advanced Engineering, Technology Development, Change Management, Strategic Planning and Management, Business Acumen, Decision Making, Influencing others, Good listening skills, Cross-cultural communications and presentation. In terms of leadership skills, you will need to act as the primary person for the team, interface with the business and leadership teams, engage and motivate employees, and ensure alignment with business objectives. Strong abilities in managing complexity, defining and implementing necessary actions, a sense of urgency, decisiveness, action-orientation, high personal accountability, and unquestioned integrity are essential. The ideal candidate should have at least 12 years of experience in embedded product development and team management, with automotive engineering experience being advantageous.,